Anime and the Art of Adaptation: Eight Famous Works from Page to Screen

by Dani Cavallaro

Overview

Exploring a selection of anime adaptations of famous works of both Eastern and Western provenance, this book is concerned with appreciating their significance and appeal as independent texts. The author evaluates three aspects of anime adaptation—how anime adaptations develop their original sources in stylistic, aesthetic, and psychological terms; how specific features of the anime medium impact alchemically on the original sources to bring into being imaginative works of an autonomous nature; and which qualities render an adaptation in anime form a distinctly unique artistic creation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786458608
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	08/16/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	220
Sales rank:	696,585
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Dani Cavallaro wrote widely about literature, cultural theory, and anime. She lived in London.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     
1. The Frame of Reference     
2. The Nightmare of History
Belladonna of Sadness, Grave of the Fireflies and Like the Clouds, Like the Wind     
3. Epic Adventure with a Sci-Fi Twist
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo     
4. The Fairy Tale Reimagined
The Snow Queen     
5. Romance Meets Revolution
Romeo x Juliet     
6. A Magical Murder Enigma
Umineko no Naku Koro ni     
7. A Tapestry of Courtly Life
The Tale of Genji     

Filmography     
Bibliography     
Index